for misery calamity and the like Pandurist panduristes he that plays on a musical instrument called a Rebech or on a Violin Panegyrick panegyricum a licentious kinde of speaking or oration in the praise of Kings or other great persons Also any Feast Game or Solemnity exhibited before the General Assembly of a whole Nation Panegyrist Gr. a praiser or flatterer one that writes in commendation of c. Panick fear panicum a sudden fear wherewith one is dis-straught and put beside his wit coming without known cause So taken from the god Pan who had power to strike men with terrors Panicle Dim of panis a little Loaf Panifice panificium the craft of baking or making Bread also Bread it self or a Loaf of Bread Pannades Gr. the curvettings prauncings or boundings of lusty Horses Pannicâ—e panniculus Dim of pannus fine cloth a little piece or gobbet of cloth The fleshy Pannicle panniculus carâ—osus the fleshy membrane or skin which lies next under the fat of the outward parts and is the fourth covering that enwraps all the body from the head to the sole of the foot Tho. Pannier Panarium Fr. Panier a Bin Hutch or place to keep Bread in a Basket to carry bread in a Dosser Pannier-man in the Inns of Court is one whose Office is to blow the Horn for Dinner and wait at the Barristers Table and has the refuse bread and meat for his vails which he collects in a Pannier or Basket Pannonian from Pannonia of or belonging to the Country of Hungary Bac. Panomphean from Panomphaeus a name of Jupiter pertaining to Jupiter Panopâ— panoplia compleat Harness Armatura totum corpus militis tegens Scap. Panoplique from panoplia compleatly armed in compleat armor Rel. Med. Panpharmacon Gr. a medicine for all diseases Pansophy Gr. an all-discerning Wisdom wisdom or knowledge in all things Partagruelist Fr. a merry Greek faithful drunkard good fellow Cot. Pantheology Gr. the whole sum of Divinity Pantheon Gr. a Heathenish Temple of all the gods in Rome after by Pope Boniface the Fourth dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and all Saints Pantherine pantherinus of a Panther or spotted like a Panther this Beast hath a fair spotted skin and is the female to the Libard Pantomime Pantomimick pantomimus an Actor of many parts in one Play one that can represent the gesture and counterfeit the speech of any man a Dizzard or common Jester Pantometrie Ga. a measuring of all kinde of quantities It is the title and subject of a Mathematical Book set forth by one Mr. Digs Panurgy panurgia craftiness subtilty deceit guile a medling in all matters Papacy from Papa the Popedom the reign or dominion of the Pope Papal papalis of or belonging to the Pope Stephen Pasquier in his Recherches de la France observes that the word Papa i. the Pope comes from an old contraction of Pater Patriae written thus Pa. Pa. as we have it in many Coyns Papality papalitas the Popedom the Dominion of the Pope Popishness Papaverous Papaverean papavereus of or belonging to Poppy or Chestoul Papian Law Lex Papia Poppoea a Law made among the antient Romans against single life that if any forbore from the privileges of Parents and had no children the people who was the common Father of all should inherit their goods Tacit. Paphian paphius of or belonging to Paphos a City of Cyprus dedicated to Venus and built by Paphus Hence Paphos Archer is taken for Cupid Paphian fire or shot for the fire or Arrows of Love Papulosity papulositas fulness of pimples or blisters Papyriferous papyrifer that bears or brings forth Paper or the Rush Papyrus Papyropolist papyropola a Seller of Paper Parabien Span. a welcoming a bidding of joy a congratulation Ariana Parable parabola a resemblance a parable a similitude or comparison Parabolical of or belonging to a Parable Paracelsian a Physician that follows the method of Paracelsus and his manner of curing which was by exceeding strong oyls and waters extracted out of the natures of things Bul. Paraclete paracletus an Advocate or Patron a comforter The third person of the Blessed Trinity is most commonly so called in Scripture and Jesus Christ also 1 Jo. 2.1 Paraclyte paraclytus a man defamed ill reported of that hath an ill name Hence Paraclytical that is defamed or hath an ill name Paracmastical paracmasticus pertaining to a kind of continual hot and burning feaver wherein the heat when it is at the greatest by little and little diminisheth till it totally ceaseth Parade Fr. an appearance or shew a bravado or vaunting offer Also a term of War and is commonly used for that appearance of Souldiers in a Garison about two or three of the clock in the afternoon to hear prayers and after that to receive Orders from the Major for the Watch and Guards next night Paradigm paradigma an example of some ones fact and saying Hence To Paradigmatiz to bring or cite such examples to draw the form or figure of a thing or to exemplifie Dr. Ham. Paradox paradoxum a wonderful and strange thing to hear such as is contrary to the common opinion Hence Paradoxal Paradoxical strange odd against common opinion incredible Paradoxology a speaking by or of Paradoxes Br. Paradrome paradromis an open Gallery or Walk that has no shelter over head Paragogical of or pertaining to the figure Paragoge which is when a letter or syllable is added to the end of a word Paragon Fr. ex par ago a peerless one the most compleat most absolute in any kind whatsoever it is also used verbally as to Paragon to equal match or compare with Paragraph paragraphus a Pilcrow whatsoever is comprehended in one sentence where the line is broken off which Printers call a Break there ends the Paragraph Books are most commonly divided into Chapters those into Sections and Sections again into Paragraphs Paralipomenon Gr. left out not spoken or written of There are two books in the Old Testament so called because many worthy Histories omitted in the books of Kings are there related Paralels or Parallels Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. aequaliter distans lines running of an equal distance from each other which can never meet though they be drawn infinitely in length thus _____ In Astronomy there are five such imagined lines running circle-wise about the round compass of the Heavens The first is the Aequinoctial Line just in the middle of the World between the two Poles The second northward from the Aequinoctial is the Tropick of Cancer to which sign the Sun comes about the eleventh day of June The third yet more northward is the northern Circle within twenty three degrees and fifty minutes of the North Pole The fourth Line is the Tropick of Capricorn declining southward from the Aequinoctial as much as the Tropick of Cancer doth northward and to this Line the Sun comes about the twelfth of December The fifth and last Line is the Southern Circle being as near the South Pole as the
or perswading to enact the same velitis jubeatisne Quirities c. from whence came Prorogare legem to continue a Law which was in being for a longer time and abrogare to repeal or abrogate it for the time to come unless upon some further consideration it were thought fit to be restored Prosaick prosaicus that is in Prose and not in Meeter pertaining to Prose Proscission proscissio a cutting up a tilling a ploughing a manuring land Proscription proscriptio the manner of condemnation when it is Proclaimed that who ever findes a man may lawfully kill him and have a reward a designing or exposing to slaughter also publique sale Proscript from proscribo an Out-law a man designed or exposed to slaughter a proscribed or attainted person Those were termed Proscripti who were not onely exiled and banished their Country but had their goods seized and confiscated Proselyte proselytus a stranger turned to our fashion of living or converted to our Religion It signified of old one converted from Heathenism to the Religion of the Jews Acts 2.10 and 13.43 Prosimetrical prosimetricus consisting partly of Prose partly of Meeter or Verse Prosody prosodia the art of accenting the rule of pronouncing words truly long and short Prosodian one skild in that art Prosoporaeâ—a Gr. a disguising a feigning of a person to speak Prospect prospectus a view or sight a far off Prospicience prspicientia providence fore-sight Prospicuous prospicuus goodly or fair to see or behold or which may be seen afar off Prosternation from prosterno an overthrowing a falling flat a vanquishing a laying along Prostitute prostituta she that for money suffers herself to be abused by all that come a common Harlot Prostrate prostratus lying flat over-thrown destroyed Protasis Gr. a Proposition or Declaration also the first part of a Comedy see Catastasis Protatick pertaining to Protasis also he that lays open the argument or speaks the Prologue in a Comedy and appears no more is called Protatica persona Protend protendo to set cast or stretch forth to spread abroad to defer or prolong Protestants were first so called from their Protestation made at the Imperial City of Spires in the Palatinate of Rhene in Germany in the year 1529. Heyl. Proteus a God of the Sea who as Poets feign was able to turn himself into any shape Hence the Proverb Proteo mutabilior More changeable then Proteus Protos Gr. Primus the first or chief and is often used in composition As Protocol protocolum that is first made and needs correction the upper part of a leaf of a Book bearing out above the rest wherein the name or title is written Protofole protofolium the first leaf Protomartyr Gr. the first Martyr or Witness which was St. Stephen of the New Testament for St. John Baptist died before the consummation of the old Law Protonotary protonotarius a chief Scribe or Secretary a Chief Clerk of which there are three in the Common-Pleas and one in the Upper-Bench Protoplast protoplastus first formed or made an Attribute or Epithete most properly for Adam If from Protoplastes it may signifie Almighty God the first framer of all things Prototype prototypus the first pattern or the original type model or form Prototypographer Prototypographus the chief Printer Protractor Lat a prolonger or drawer out also a Mathematical instrument made of brass used in surveying land Protreptick protrepticus doctrinal or instructive Protrude protrudo to thrust forward to thrust into ones lap or bosom Bac. Protuberant protuberans swelling or puffing up Protrusion protrusio a thrusting forward Br. Protype protypum that is made for an example or copy an image or form whereof moulds are made in which things of mettal or earth are cast Provanâ—o an instrument made of Whalebone to cleanse the stomack Provâ—ditor Ital. from provideo a foreseer one that takes order for it is an Officer among the Vinetians In War their General being most commonly a stranger is supervised by two Proveditors without whom he may not attempt any thing Providence see Predestination Proverbial proverbialis belonging to a Proverb Adage or old saying Providore the Governor of the Island Zant so called see Proveditor Provincial provincialis pertaining to a Province which is most usually taken for the circuit of an Archbishops jurisdiction Among Friars and other Religious he who is the chief of his Order in such a Province is their Provincial A 4. H. 4. ca. 17. Proviso Lat. is a condition inserted into any Deed or other matter upon the observance whereof the validity of the whole consists Provisional only for a season continuing but for a time done by way of Proviso or fore-sight Proul to pilfer or steal small things in the night Prow Fr. prouë the forepart or forecastel of a ship also a Point advancing it self out of a building as the Prow out of a ship Provost Fr. Prevost the President of a Colledge or Cathedral Church also a principal Magistrate or Judge in a good Town In France there are several sorts and degrees of Provosts of which see Cotgrave in Prevost Provostal of or pertaining to a Provost Proximity proximitas the nighest degree of Kindred Linage neighborhood nearness a near likeness of Prudenâ—iality from Prudentia prudence or an aptness to breed prudence Br. Pruinous pruinus frosty indanger to be hurt with frost Prunella's a fruit like smal figs restorative and good to comfort the heart Prurient pruriens having the itch also having a lust or desire to a thing Pruriginous pruriginosus full of the itch Prutenicks or Prutenic Tables are certain Tables framed for finding out the celestial motions by Erasmus Beinholdus a Mathematical Professor in Wittenburg first published in the year 1551. and dedicated to Albertus Marquis of Brandeberg and D. of Prussia whence they took name Psallocitharist Psallocitharista a singer to the Harp Psalm Psalmus a song made of short verses and sentences where many superfluous words are cut off It comes of an Hebrew word which hath the signification of pruning or cutting off superfluous twigs Psalmist psalmista he that makes or sings Psalms an attribute usually and most properly given to King David Psalmody psalmodia a singing or playing together on an instrument a singing of Psalms together Psalmography psalmographia the writing of Psalms Psaltery psalterium a musical Instrument like a Harp with ten strings but more pleasant some call it a Shalm to play holy Hymns upon and to sing unto in playing others say it was an Instrument three square of 72 strings and of incomparable sweetness As Mersenius describes it Psephism psephisma a decree Statute Law or Ordinance Pseudos Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 false or counterfeit and is often used in composition As Pseudodox Gr. false glory or that is falsely glorious Pseudography pseudographia false or counterfeit wr-iting or a writing of a forged matter also false spelling words in writing Fuller Pseudologer pseudologus a false teacher a liar Pseudomancy pseudomantia a false or counterfeit Divination M.
our farthing Also a Bill of news or short relation of the general occurrences of the time forged most commonly at Venice and thence dispersed every moneth into most parts of Christendom Cotgr. Gazul All Egypt where the Nile arrives not is nothing but a whitish Sand bearing no grass but two little weeds called Suhit and Gazul which burnt to ashes and conveyed to Venice make the finest Christal glasses Sir H. Blunt in his Levant Voyage Gebaltark or Gebaltarec corruptly call'd the Streights of Gibralthar scituate in the Mediterranean Sea on the north side whereof stood Mount Calpe on the south mount Abila on which Hercules placed his so memorized Pillars with this inscription Nil ultra The name comes from Gebal which in Arabick signifies a Mountain and Tarec the son of Abdalla who having transported his Barbarians over the Streight secured his Army with the natural fortifications of the place Gehenna Properly signifies a place in a valley in the Tribe of Benjamin terrible for two sorts of fires in it that wherein the Israelites sacrificed their children to the Idol Moloch Secondly for another fire there continually burning to consume the dead carcasses and filth of Jerusalem Hence it was a type of Hell fire and more usually taken for hell it self David Kimchi Psal 27.13 Geideor Gelt Dutch money or tribute Gelid gelidus cold as ice frosty Gelicide gelicidium a frost Gelidity geliditas coldness frostiness Gement gemens groaning lamenting Geminate gemino to double to increase Gemineis Gemini twins pairs matches or likes Gemites a kind of precious stone qui veluti candidas manus inter se complexas habet Gemote the Hundred-Court See Sir Richard Bakers Chronicle fol. 38. Gemmated gemmatus set or bedecked with precious stones Gemmery a Jewel-house or place to keep Gemms in a Cabinet Gemmiferous gemmifer that beareth or brings precious stones Gemmosity gemmositas abundance of precious stones Gemony gemoniae scalae a place in Rome where condemned persons were cast down by a pair of stairs headlong into the River Tibet Tacitus Gend-atme Fr. a man of Arms a horseman armed at all points one that serves in compleat armor and on a great horse Genealogy genealogia a description of ones linage stock or pedegree Generative generativus ingendring of an ingendring faculty or breeding power Generical from Genus pertaining to a Kindred stock kind or gender or to the beginning of ones birth Generosity generositas nobleness of minde gentleman-like courage Genesis Gr. a generation The first Book of Moses is so called in Greek and Latin because it declares the Creation and Generation of all things In Hebrew it is bereschith i. in principio and took its name from the first words of the first Chapter of the said Book as do many other books of the Old Testament Min. Genethliacal genethliacus pertaining to the casting of Nativities Genethlialogy genethlialogia telling or casting of Nativities Genethliaques casters of mens fortunes by the day or hour of their birth or books treating of that subject Genial genialis full of mirth pertaining to marriage the marriage-bed was of old called the Génial-bed quasi Genital-bed Genital genitalis serving to engender or for breed Genitals genitale the privy members of any creature Genitive genitivus natural ingendring of an ingendring faculty that hath power to ingender Genitor Lat. a Father a beginner a begetter also the stones of man or beast Genius Lat. a good or evil Angel the spirit of man nature it self natural inclination Genii were supposed to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Pararii Brokers as it were between men and the gods or rather Interpreters Salutigeruli Messengers between of a middle nature betwixt the one and the other Coelius Rho. l. 2. c. 3. But according to Empedocles each one was thought to have his Angel from the very day of Nativity to whom they used to sacrifice on their birth day as to their Guardian also every place had their peculiar Genii and then they were called Lares as Rurales and Permarini in Livie Gentilitious Gentilitial gentilitius that pertains to a stock an use or property taken from ancestors of the same kindred Gentil gentilis among the Jews all were Gentiles that were not of one of the Twelve Tribes Now commonly we call them Gentiles that profess not the faith of Christ Gentilesse Fr. Gentry Gentility Nobility Gentilism gentilismus the opinion or belief of the Gentiles Paganism Heathenishness Gentleman generosus seems to be compounded of two words the one French gentile i. honestus vel honesto loco natus the other Saxon mon as if you would say a man well born The Italian follows the very word calling those Gentil-homini whom we call Gentlemen Genuflexion genuflexi the bowing of the knee Genuine genuinus proper peculiar natural Genus Lat. the beginning of ones birth a kindred stock linage a kind or fashion c. a Gender Also a term in Logick And it is the first of the five Predicables When the Predicate comprehends the full Answer to a Question 't is called a Species but if it onely contains a part so that other common considerations are comprehended under it it is called a Genus See Mr. Whites Perip Institutions p. 17. Geodesie geodaesia the art of measuring Land Geodesian geodaetes a measurer of Land Geography geographia is a description of the earth by her parts and their limits scituations Inhabitants Cities Rivers fertility and observable matters with all other things annexed thereunto Heyl. Geographiae proprium est unam continuam terram cognitam ostendere quemadmodum se habeat naturâ positione Ptolemie Geographer geographus a describer of the earth Geomantie geomantia divination by points and circles made on the earth or by opening the earth Geometry geometria an art of due proportion consisting in Lineaments Forms Distances and Greatness there are four Principles hereof to wit 1. A prick or point 2. A Line 3. A Superficies or outside 4. A Body It hath properly the name from measuring the earth being first found out in Aegypt and was of great estimation among the Antient Grecians Geometrician geometres one skilful in Geometry Geometrical geometricus pertaining to Geometry To Geometrize to play the Geometrician to hold a due proportion to observe order Geoponical from the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of or belonging to Husbandry and Tillage Georgians A Sect of pernicious Hereticks so called from one David George born at Delft in Holland he held that the Law and Gospel were unprofitable for the attaining Heaven c That he was the true Christ and Messias c. with other such damnable Tenets he died in the year 1556. Heyl. Also a sott of Christians inhabiting a Country called Georgia lying between Colchos Caucasus the Caspian Sea and Armenia heretofore Iberia and Albania they are so called not of St. George as some write their selected Patron but of their said Country so named long before the time wherein he is supposed to have lived
to be a Sabbath to a Christian man Antithesis Gr. a Rhetorical figure when contraries are opposed to contraries as Spokes in a Wheel a contrary Position opposition Antithets antitheta opposites contraries Anti-Trinitarians i. Adversaries to the blessed Trinity who are more spoken of in Writers under the name of Trinitarians which comprehends those Hereticks that reject the word Trinity as not being found in Holy Scripture and deny the number and distinction of Three persons in the blessed Trinity As the Arians who denied him to be truly God whom true believers call the Son of the Eternal Father or the second person of the Blessed Trinity Or as the Sabellians having their name from their Author Sabellius an Egyptian who lived Anno Christi 260. who denied any difference or distinction betwixt the Three persons confounding the Three into One. Or as the Macedonians so denominated from Macedonius a Bishop of Constantinople living about the year of Christ 359. who denied the Holy Ghost to be God or as many other old condemned Hereticks to whose opinions subscribed those in the last age who are termed Deists followers of one Gregorius Pauli a Minister of Cracovia in Poland about the year of Christ 1564 who vented many blasphemies against the blessed Trinity and divers others as Ludovicus Herser Michael Servetus Campanus with many of their Disciples in Germany Hungary Poland and other places where there are of them to this day Antitype Antitypie antitypum an example or copy like or contrary to the pattern L. Bac. Antonians an order of Religious persons instituted about the year 324 by the Aegyptian Monk St. Anthony who at the first sold his possessions and distributed their worth among the poor and afterwards betook himself to a most holy austere course of life perpetually addicted to Prayer Fasting Watching and other corporeal mortifications teaching his Disciples or followers to fight against the Devil and his temptations with the sign of the Holy Cross his life was written by Athanasius one of the Greek Fathers who lived in his days Antonomastically that is said or spoken by the figure Antonomasia which is a putting one name for another Schism disp Anxiety anxietas sorrow anguish heaviness Anxiferous anxifer bringing sorrow causing anguish Aonian An Epithete for the Muses from Aonia a part of Boeotia where there is a Well dedicated to them who are thence called Aonides Apathy apathia a wanting of affection the affection of the Stoicks without passion impassibility Apelles Table See Table Apennage Appennage Fr. the portion of the Kings younger Sons in France a childs part They have in France a fundamental Law which they call the Law of Appennages whereby the Kings younger Sons cannot have partage with the elder This Law was made by Charlemain before whose time France was dividable into as many Kingdoms as the King had Sons By this Law the younger though sometimes they are content with yearly Pensions are to be entituled to some Dutchy and all the Profits and Rights thereto appertaining all matters of regality onely excepted as Coinage levying Taxes and the like It is derived from the German word Avanage which signifies a portion View of France Apellean Apelleus of or belonging to Apelles an excellent Painter Apepsy apepsia crudity bad digestion or rawness of the stomach Aperture Apertion from aperio an opening discovering uncovering or revealing Sir H. Wot Aperient aperiens opening discovering revealing disclosing Bac. Apertive apertus opening also open clear manifest Apertly apertè plainly openly evidently Bac. Aphelium Gr. aphelion is the point wherein the Earth or any other Planet is most distant from the Sun Ricciolus Aphetical apheticus pertaining to the Planet that is the disposer of life in a nativity Aphorism aphorismus a short selected Sentence briefly expressing the properties of a thing or which serves as a maxime or principle to guide a man to any knowledge specially in Physick Aphoristical pertaining to an Aphorism Aphrodite Gr. the Sirname of Venus Apian apianus belonging to Bees sweet or tasting like honey Apocalypse apocalypsis a divine Book written by St. John Evangelist while he was banished in the Isle of Pathmos so called because it contains many profound mysteries there revealed to him The words genuine signification is a revelation or vision Apocalyptical belonging to the Apocalypse or to a Vision or revelation Apocryphal apocryphus that which is hidden unknown or doubtful whose original authority is not known part of the Scripture so called because it is doubted whether it be true Scripture or not certainly known to be so Apodictical from apodixis pertaining to a plain proof or demonstration of a thing Br. Apogeon Apogee apogaeum a Shroud or Den under the earth also a term in Astronomy signifying the point in the Heaven where any Planet is furthest from the centre of the Earth the remotest point of an Epicycle Rider Apograph apographum a copy written by a pattern Also an Inventory of ones goods Apolactize apolactizo to kick or spurn with the heel to despise Apollinean Apollineus of or belonging to Apollo the god of Musick Physick and Poetry or to the Sun Apollyon Gr. signifies a destroyer a name attributed to the Devil in the New Testament Apoc. 9.11 They had a King over them whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon Apology Apologism apologia a defence or excuse a speech or written answer made in justification of any one Apologetical Apological apologeticus pertaining to such a defence or excuse Apologize apologizo to make such a defence or excuse Apologue apologus a Fable or Tale such as Aesops were when bruit Beasts are feigned to speak and which covertly teach lessons of good life Apomel apomeli a kinde of drink made of water and honey Apophlegmatism apophlegmatismus a medicine to purge the Flegm Apoththegm apophthegma a brief and pithy speech or sentence of renowned personages Apopheret apopheretum a New-years Gift a Present Apoplectical apoplecticus pertaining to the Apoplexy Apoplexy apoplexia a very dangerous disease wherein a man lies without sense or motion as if he were dead with his eyes closed and great difficulty in fetching his breath it comes for the most part of cold and gross flegmatick humors oppressing the brain in such sort that the Animal spirits cannot pass from thence into the sinews as they were wont It either causeth present death or else ends in a dead Palsey Aporetique from aporia ever doubting never certain in any thing wanting counsel Apostate Apostata he that revolts or falls from any thing he has undertaken to defend as from true Religion Julianus the Emperor was most infamous for this crime and therefore called Julian the Apostate Apostatize apostato to make defection by revolt to rebel or fall away from his Religion duty or purpose Hence comes Apostacy the Substantive and Apostatical the Adjective Aposteme See Impostume Apostle Apostolus one sent of a Message a Messenger or Ambassador Therefore the twelve whom Christ sent to preach
is also used for a distinction of bread in the Statutes of Bread and Ale made An. 51. H. 3. where you have mention of bread Cocket Wastel-bread bread of Trete and bread of common wheat Cowel Cockle-stayres cochlea a pair of winding stairs Sir H. Wot Cockleary pertaining to such stairs crooked Dr Br. Cockâ—ey or Cockneigh applyed onely to one born within the sound of Bow-bell that is within the City of London which term came first according to Minshew out of this Tale A Citizens Son riding with his Father out of London into the Country and being utterly ignorant how corn grew or Cattel increased asked when he heard a horse neigh what he did his Father answered the horse doth neigh riding farther the Son heard a Cock crow and said doth the Cock neigh too Hence by way of jeer he was called Cock-neigh A Cockney according to some is a child that sucks long But Erasmus takes it for a child wantonly brought up and calls it in Lat. Mammothreptus Cambden takes the Etymology of Cockney from the River Thamesis which runs by London and was of old time called Cockney Others say the little Brook which runs by Turnbole or Turnmil-street was anciently so called Coction coctio a seething boiling or digesting Coctive coctivus sodden easily boiled soon ripe Code codex a volume containing divers books more particularly a Volume of the Civil Law so called which was reduced into one Code or Codice by Justinian the Emperor it being before in three which is therefore called Justinians Code Min. Codebec Fr. a kinde of course French hat so called Codicil codicillus a diminutive of Code or Codex a little book a Schedule or supplement to a Will also a letter missive Writers conferring a Testament and a Codicil together call a Testament a great Will and a Codicil a little one and compare a Testament to a ship and the Codicil to a boat tied to the said ship Codicils are now used as additions annexed to the Testament when any thing is omitted which the Testator would add or any thing put in which he would retract A Codicil is the same that a Testament is but that it is without an executor See Swinburn in his Treatise of Testaments and Wills p. 1. sect 5. Codinniack Fr. Cotignac conserve or marmolade of Quinces Coemption coemptio a buying together Coemptional coemptionalis which is often in buying or a buying together Among the Romans Coemptionales senes were those old men in whose tuition and authority men by their last Will and Testament left their Widows or Daughters and without whom they might not pass in Dominium virorum per coemptionem i. be married according to the Ceremony called Coemption whereby the Husband and Wife seemed to buy one another Livie See more of this in Godwins Anthology chap. de nuptiis c. Coercible coercibilis which may be bridled or restrained Coertion coertio restraint keeping in order and subjection punishing Coetaneous coaetaneus which is of the same time and age Coeternal coaeternus of the same eternity lasting together for eternity equally eternal Coeval from con and aevum that are of the same age or time Cogitative cogitativus musing pensive full of thoughts Coffa or Cauphe a kind of drink among the Turks and Persians and of late introduced among us which is black thick and bitter destrained from Berries of that nature and name thought good and very wholesom they say it expels melancholy purges choler begets mirth and an excellent concoction Herb. tr 150. nat hist 155. Cognition cognitio knowledge judgment examination of things Cognominal cognominis that hath one and the same name or sir-name Cognoscible from cognosco that may be known or enquired into knowable Coherence cohaerentia a joyning together a loving or agreeing with each other Cohibency cohibentia a keeping under or restraining Cohibition cohibitio a letting or forbidding to do Cognizance or Cognisance cognitio i. knowledge in our Common Law is diversely taken sometimes it signifies an acknowledgement of a Fine or confession of a thing done as also to make Cognizance of taking a distress sometime as an audience or hearing a thing judicially as to take Cognizance Sometime a power or jurisdiction as Cognizance of Plea is an ability to call a Cause or Plea out of another Court which no one can do but the King or supreme Magistrate except he can shew Charters for it Manw. part 1. p. 68. See the new terms of Law and the new book of Entries Verbo Conusance Cognizance is also a badge of Armes upon a Serving-man or Watermans sleeve Cognoscitive from cognosco that knoweth or may be known or enquired Cohesion cohaesio a sticking or cleaving to or together Cohort cohors a Band of Souldiers any company of men whatsoover Cohort was ordinarily a Band of 5000 Soldiers though once or twice in Livie we read of Quadragenariae cohortes See Legion Cohortation cohortatio an exhortation perswading or encouraging Coition coitio an assembly confederacy or commotion also carnal copulation Coines ancones corners of a wall Coincident coincidens that happens at the same time Coincidency a hapning at at the same time Coinquinate coinquino to soil or stain to defile or defame Colaphize colaphizo to buffet or beat with the fist Collabefaction collabefactio a destroying wasting or decaying Collachrymate collachrymo to weep or lament with others Collactaneous collactaneus that is nursed with the same milk Collapsed collapsus slid fallen down discouraged Collaqueate collaqueo to entangle together Collateral collateralis not direct on the one side joyning to or coming from the same side Every degree of kindred is either right lineal or Collateral The right lineal is that which comes from the Grandfather to the Father from the Father to the Son and so still right downward Collateral is that which comes side-ways as first between Brothers and Sisters then between their Children c. Also Uncles Aunts and all Cousens are contained under this term Collateral kindred Collateral assurance is that which is made over and beside the Deed it self For example if a man covenant with another and enter Bond for the performance of his covenant the Bond is termed Collateral assurance because it is external and without the nature and essence of the covenant Cowel Collaterate collatero to joyn side by side Collation collatio a joyning or coping a benevolence of many also a short banquet or repast Collation of a Benefice signifies the bestowing a Benefice by the Bishop that hath it in his own gift or Patronage Book-binders and Sellers also use the word in another sence as to collation a Book is to look diligently by the letters or figures at the bottom of the page to see that no sheet is wanting or too much Collatitious collatitius done by conference or contribution of many Collative collativum subst a Sacrifice made of many mens offerings together a benevolence of the people to the King Collative adjectively conferred together made
him or her and the Devil or Familiar to have his or her turn served for soul blood or other gift offered him So that alâ— Conjurer compacts for curiosity to know secrets and work marvels and the Witch of meer malice to do mischief And both these differ from Inchanters or Sorcerers because the former two have personal conference with the Devil and the other meddle but with medicines and ceremonial forms of words called Charmes without apparition Daltons J.P. 279 Conizor or Cognizor Lat. cognitor in Law it is used in the passing of Fines for him that acknowledges the Fine and the Conizee is he to whom it is acknowledged West par 1. Symb. l. 2. Sect. 59. part 2. tit Fines Sect. 114. Conjure conjuro to swear or conspire together to exorcise a spirit i. to swear him or conjure him by the power of another by the names or spels they use whereas Adjure is to swear one to as I adjure i. swear thee to it by mine own power and conjure by the power of another Connascencâ— from con and nascor a growing rising or springing together a being born together Vul. Er. Connexive connexivus that couples or knits together Connubial connubialis pertaining to wedlock or marrying together Connutritious connutritus that hath the same nourishment or bringing up Conquassate conquasso to shake dash or break in pieces Conquestion conquestio a complaining lamenting moan-making or crying Consanguinity consanguinitas kindred by birth or blood nearness in blood Consarcinate consarcino to patch or peice together to add to Conscension conscensio a mounting or climbing up a leaping on horse-back Conscission conscissio a cutting or paring Conscissure conscissura a gash or cut a renting in a place Conscious conscius culpable that is of Council or guilty of a thing Conscription conscriptio an enrolling writing or registring Consectaneous consectaneus which follows others Consectarâ— consectarium a brief argument wherein the conclusion necessarily follows the antecedent or a thing that follows out of another already demonstrated Consectation consectatio a following together and in Philosophy it signifies the consideration of those affections of a Proposition in respect whereof two Propositions signifie together the same thing and are true or false Hist Phil. Consectator Lat. he that follows or pursues Consecutif Consecutive consecutus following or succeeding Consecution consecutio a consequent order or following Moneth of consecution See Moneth Conseminate consemino to sow divers seeds together Consentient consentiens concenting agreeing according Consequentious from consequentia most important full of consequence which necessarily followeth Conservator of the peace Conservator or Custos Pacis was an Officer that had charge to preserve the Kings peace before the time of King Edward the Third who first erected Justices of the Peace instead of those Conservators c. See Lamb. Eirenarcha l. 1. ca. 3. Conservator of the Truce and safe Conducts â—onservator induciarum salvorum Regis conductuum was an Officer appointed in every Port of the Sea under the Kings Letters Patents and had forty pounds for his yearly stipend at the least His charge was to enquire of all offences done against the Kings Truce and safe Conducts upon the main Sea out of the Countries and Franchises of the Kings Cinque Ports as the Admirals of Custom were wont and such other things as are declared An. 2. H. 5. ca. 6. Touching this matter you may read another Stat. An. 4. H. 5. ca. 7. Conservatory a place to preserve or keep things in Also used adjectively Conserves from conservo the juyce or substance of any thing boiled with Sugar and so kept Bull. Consession consessio a sitting together or with others Consigne consigno to present exhibite or deliver in hand or into the hands of to assign over to gage or pawn Consistory consistorium signifies as much as Praetorium or Tribunal It is commonly used for a Council house of Ecclesiastical persons or the place of Justice in the Court Christian A Session or Assembly of Prelates Consitioâ— consitio a setting or planting Consolidate consolido to make sound that which was broken to make whole Consolidation in our Common Law is a combining or uniting two Benefices in one Also a strengthning or joyning with Consolate consolor to comfort and ease ones grief Consonants consonantes literae letters which have no sound of themselves but as they are joyned with others b c d c. with all the rest except the Vowels are called Consonants Consort consors one that partakes of the same lot a fellow or companion Conspersion conspersio a sprinkling about Conspurcatioâ— conspurcatio a defiling or making foul Conspuâ—aâ— Lat. he that spits upon others Constaâ— Lat. it is evident plain certain is the name of a kind of Certificate which the Clerk of the Pipe or Auditors of the Exchequer make at the request of any person who intends to plead in that Court for discharge commonly of Lands Sequestred the effect of this Constat is to declare what does constare on Record as for what cause the lands were sequestred for what rent letten and the like and the Auditors Fee for it is 13 s. 4 d. A Constat is held to be superior to a Certificat because this may err or fail in its contents that cannot as certifying nothing but what is evident upon Record Constellation constellatio an assembly or company of Stars together in one sign presenting some living creature or other thing after a certain sort And of these Constellations the number in the Heavens are 48. whereof 21 are in the North 15 in the South and 12 in the Zodiack Hopton Consterâ—ation consternatio a great fear or astonishment Also sedition or tumult Constipate constipo to make thick together to stuff together Constrictive constrictivus that hath vertue to strain or bind together Consubstantial consubstantialis of the same substance whereof another is made Consuetude Consuetudinal â—rom consuetudo inis accustomed wont used Also the Book wherein the antient customs of a Monastery were written was called the Consuetudinal Consul Lat. from consulendo of giving counsel a chief Officer among the Romans of which two were chosen yearly to govern the City and command their Armies In Paris Les Consulâ— are five honest and substantial Citizens who determine all cases of debt not exceeding 4000 li. Turnois between Merchant and Merchant Their authority continues but a year and the utmost punishment they can inflict is but imprisonment In most Cities of Aquitain the chief Governors are termed Consuls the rest of the good Towns in France have such Consuls as Paris by the names of Les Judges Consuls des Merchands Cotgr. Consummate consummo to make up or accomplish to sum up a reckoning Contabulate contabulo to plank or floor with boards to joyn together Contaction contactio a touching or joyning together a staining or colouring Felth. Contaminate contamino to violate or distain by touching or mixing to defile or corrupt Contemerate contemero to
of our Lord and dividing the whole by 28. so to the year 1639 if nine be added the numerus factus will be 1648 which divided by 28 leaves 24 for the Cycle of the Sun The Cycle of the Moon is the revolution of 19 years in which space though not precisely the Lunations recur For because of the Sun and Moons unequal motions the changes falliâ—g out inconstantly the time of conjunction could not be still the same This variety the Antients perceiving to be periodical endeavoured to comprehend what Circle it made in going about The learned Metoâ— finding the Revolution was not compleated in less time then the space of 19 years set forth his Ennedecaetris within the Circle whereof the Lunations though not exactly do indeed recur so that if the quadrature of the Moon shall fall out as this day of this year the like shall return again the same day of the 19 year succeeding This Cycle is therefore called Cyclus decennovennalis and from the Author Annus Metonicus from whose Athenians the Egyptians may seem to have received it as the Romans from them in Letters of gold from whence if not from the more precious use of it it obtained to be called as it still is the numerus aureus or Golden number It was made Christian by the Fathers of the Nicene-Council as being altogether necessary to the finding out the Neomenia Paschalis upon which the Feast of Easter and all the moveable rest depended It self is found by adding an unite to the year of our Lord and dividing the whole by 19. the remainder shall be the Cycle of the Moon or if nothing remain the Cycle is out that is nineteen Mr. Gregory de Aeris Epochis p. 133. Cyclomâ—try cyclometria a measuring of Circles Cyclopedâ— cyclopedia the universal knowledge of all Sciences Fuller Cycloâ—s cyclopes an ancient and big-bonâ—d sort of people which had but one eye and that in the midst of the forehead inhabiting the Island of Sicily The Poets called them Gyants because they were people of a mighty stature of which rank was the so much famoused Polyphemus that with such humanity entertained Vlysses and his companions Rider Hence Cycloptick Cyclopean belonging to those Gyants or Cyclops Monstrous one-eyed furious Eicon Basil Cylinder cyclindrus a Geometrical figure round and long consisting from top to toe of two equal parallel Circles Also it is taken for that part of the bore of a gun which remains empty when the Gun is loaden a Roler to beat Clods Cylindrical pertaining to or like a Cylinder Vul. Er. Cymace cymatium a kind of Pillar so graven that the carved work resembles the waves or a ledge or outward member in Architecture fashioned somewhat like a Roman S and termed a Wave or Ogee Cymbal cymbalum was a kind of instrument composed of thin plates of brass with certain small bars of Iron fastned and cross billeted in the plates wherewith they made a great noise Others think Cymbals are bells which according to the opinion of some were consecrated to the service of the Church by Pope Sabinian Caussin Cymracean from the Brit. Cymraeg i. Welsh Cambrian Welsh or British Mr. How Cymbalist cymbalistes he that plays on the Cymbal Cyâ—anthropie Gr. a frenzy which makes a man haunt unfrequented places with a conceit that he is turned into a dog Cotgr. Cynical Cynick cynicus dogged currish or churlish like a dog There was in Greece an old Sect of Philosophers called â—ynicks first instituted by Antisthenes and were so called because they did ever bark at and rebuke mens Vices and were not so respective in their behavior as civility required Diogenes was so famous in this kind of Philosophy that he was surnamed the Cynick Câ—egeâ—icks cynegetica books treating of hunting whereof Oppianus wrote four Câ—ocâ—halist cynocephalis a beast like an Ape but having the face of a Dog a Baboon Cyâ—orexiâ— cynorexia a greediness and unnatural appetite of meat Cynosure cynosura a figure of stars in Heaven Cyntâ—us A hill in Delos where Latona brought forth Apollo and Diana whence Apollo and the Sun are called Cynthius Diana and the Moon Cynthia Cyprine cyprinus of or belonging to the Cypress-Tree which is destinated to the dead in that being once cut it never re-flourisheth Câ—renaick a Sect of Philosophers so called from Aristippus a Disciple of Socrates and Professor of Philosophy who after the death of Socrates returned into his Country at Cyrene in Africa his Schollers took this name from Cyrene the place but by some called Hedonick or voluptuous from the doctrine Cystique Vein See in Vein D DAbuzâ— a weapon like a Mace carried before the Grand Turk Dactyle dactylus a foot in a verse consisting of three syllables the first long and the two last short as Carmina Also a Date the fruit of the Palm-Tree Dactylogie dactylogia finger-talk speech made with the fingers A Dâ—gsâ—in gausape a rough Mantle or hairy Garment Rid. Dagon the Idol of the Philistines mentioned 1 Sam. 5.4 It had the upper part like a man the neather like a fish See Moses and Aaron p. 156. Daâ—maâ—ick Dalmatica vestis the Vestment of a Deacon or sub-Deacon properly belonging to his Order so called because they were first made in Dalmatia Damage Cleâ—r Damna Clericorum was originally no other then a gratuity given the Prothonotaries and their Clerks for drawing special Writs and pleadings but afterwards it came to a certainty of 2 s in the pound which is taken away by Act 1650. cap 44. Damage-fesâ—nt a term in our Common Law is when a strangers beasts are in another mans ground without licence of the Tenant of the ground and there feed or otherwise spoil the corn grass woods c. In which case the Tenant whom they hurt may therefore distrain and impound them as well in the night as in the day But in other cases as for Rent and services and such like none may distrain in the night New Terms of the Law Dandruff or Dandraff furfur a scurff or a kind of smal scales that stick to the skin of the head and often hang about the hairs They are caused by salt flegm or some other corrupt humors piercing insensibly the pores and then slightly congealed by the air and may be taken away by washing the head with salt water or Vinegar warm Danegelt Daneâ—gâ—lt or Danegold compounded of Dane and gelt i. pecunia was a tribute laid upon our Ancestors of twelve pence for every Hide of Land through the Realm by the Danes Stow in his Annals p. 118. saith this Tribute came to 48000. l. per an and that it was released by Edward the Confessor Heylin saith by King Steven Daneâ—nge See Merchenlage Danism danisma usury Danist An Usurer Danistick danisticus pertaining to usury Dapatical dapaticus sumptuous costly magnificent Daphnamancy from the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i laurus and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. Divinatio divination by a Lawrel Tree Dapifeâ— Lat. he that serves
foot or ten foot long Decemvirate decemviratus the Office or Authority of those ten Noblemen or Governors among the Romans who were called Decemviri they were appointed to govern the Commonwealth instead of the two Consuls and had the highest Authority from whom none could appeal The Roman Laws were divided into ten â—ables wherto these Decemviâ—s added other two and called them the Laws of the twelve Tables whereof you may read Pomponius Laetus Decennial decennalis belonging to or containing ten years Deception deceptio deceit fallacy craft cosenage Deceptive deceptivus deceitful deceiving wily crafty full of subtilty Decerp decerpo to pluck off or away to gather to diminish Decertation decertatio a contending or striving Decession decessio a departing or diminishing Deciduous diciduus subject to fall off hanging or falling down Decimâ— See Nona Decimate decimo to take the Tenth to gather the Tyth Decimation decimatio the punishing every tenth Souldier by Lot was termed Decimatio legionis also a Tything or paying a tenth part Decirciâ—ate decircino to bring out of compass or roundness to unbind Decision decisio a determining or deciding a cutting off or lessening Decisive decisus deciding determining fit or able to end a controversie And Decisorie Idem Declamation declamatio an Oration made of a feigned subject or only for exercise also a crying out aloud Declarative declarativus which doth declare or shew forth Declivity declivitas a steep bending downwards as on the side of a hill Decoctible decoctibilis easie to be sodden or boiled Decollation decollatio a beheading as the Decollation of St. John Baptist a holy day instituted of old in memory of the beheading St. John Baptist on the twenty ninth of August yearly See Lapidation Decoction decoctio a boiling or seething In Physick it signifies commonly any liquor in which medicinable roots herbs seeds flowers or any other thing has been boyled Decor Lat. comeliness or beauty Decorate decoro to beautifie to make decent Decoration decoratio a beautifying or adorning Bacon Decortication decorticatio a pilling or plucking off the bark Decorticate decortico to pill or pluck off the bark Apol. for learning Decorum Lat. comeliness honesty good grace Decrement decrementum a decreasing Feltham Decrepite decrepitus very old at deaths door whose Candle is almost burnt out Decressant from decresco the Moon decreasing or in the last quarter the wayning of the Moon Decretist decretista a Student or one that studies the Decretals Decretals decretales a Volume of the Canon Law so called or books containing the Decrees of sundry Popes Or a digestion of the Canons of all the Councils that pertained to one matter under one head Decretal taken Adjectively belonging to a Decree Decretaliarck Gr. an absolute Commander one that commands by Decree or whose command is and is obeyed as a Decree Cotg. Decrustation decrustatio an uncrusting a paring away of the uppermost part or uttermost rind Deculcate deculco to tread or trample upon Decumbence from decumbo a lying or sitting down Decumbent decumbens that lyes or sits down or dyes Decuple decuplus ten times so much Decuâ—y decuria a Band of ten Souldiers Also it signified four or five bands of Souldiers each consisting of ten hundred horsemen appointed to be assistant to the Judges sitting upon life and death also the Senators and Judges were divided into Bands called Decuriae and the chief of them was called Decurion Rider Decurion decurio a Captain over ten horse and sometimes it is used for an Alderman or chief Burgess in a Roman Colony Decursion decursio a hasty running a running down or unto Decussated decussatus cut or divided after the form of the letter X or of St. Andrews cross which is called Crux decussata Decussation decussatio a division cut sawn or carved after the form of four lines drawn a cross by one Center star-wise so it makes eight even portions Decutient decutiens that shakes or beats down Dedaleaâ— daedaleâ—s intricate or perplexed also expert or cunning A derivative from Daedalus an expert Artificer who first invented the Saw Axe Sayl and Sail-yards for a ship which gave occasion for the Fable of Daedalus his wings c. Dedecorate dedecoro to dishonest to dishonor or defame Dedentition dedentitio the falling or losing of teeth Dr. Brown Dedignation dedignatio a disdaining or contemning Dedition deditio a yielding or rendring up a place besieged Defailiance Fr. a failing languor faintness defect also a fainting Defalcation defalcatio a pruning or cutting a deducting Defalk Fr. defaulquer to deduct deduce abate take out of Defatigable defatigabilis easily to be wearied Defatigate defatigo to make weary to tire Defâ—caâ—e defaeco to purge from dregs to refine to scum Defecation defaecatio a purging from dregs a refining Defection defectio a falling away a revolting back an infirmity Defeizance or Defeasance from the Fr. Desfaire i. to undo signifies in our Common Law a condition relating to an Act as to an Obligation Recognizance or Statute which performed by the Obligee or Recognizee the act is defeated and made void as if it never had been done whereof you may see at large West part 1. Sym. l. 2. sect 156. and Shep. Epit. p. 775. Defender of the Faith Defensor Fidei is a peculiar title given to the Kings of England by the Pope as Catholicus to the King of Spain and Christianissimus to the French King It was first given by Leo decimus to King Henry the Eighth for writing against Martin Luther in behalf of the Church of Rome The Bull for this Title bears date quinto Idus Octobr. 1521. and may be seen at length in the Lord Herberts Henry the Eighth fol. 105. Stows Annals p. 863. Defensatâ—vâ— is a medicine that keeps humors from coming to a sore or place affected or hinders the inflammation thereof Cotgr. Deficient deficiens fainting or failing Definition definitio est oratio explicans essentiam rei per genus differentiam a declaring what a thing is by a Gender or something that is common to the thing declared and to other things also and by a difference onely agreeing to the thing explicated and distinguishing it from all things else Definition also is a Decree or Determination as the Definition of a Council Definitive definitivus which limits or determines Deflagration deflagratio a burning or inflammation Defletion defletio a bewayling or bemoaning Deflexure deflexura a bowing or bending Defloration defloratio a deflowring or dishonoring Defluxion defluxio a flowing or falling down of humors a looseness Defeneration defoeneratio a taking money upon usury Deforsour comes of the Fr. forceur i. expugnator is used in our Common Law for one that overcomes and casts out by force c. See the difference between a Defâ—rsour and a Desseisor in Cowel on this word Defunct defunctus dead ended Degenerate degenero to grow out of kind to grow base Deglutinate deglutino to unglue or loosen Deglutition deglutitio a devouring or swallowing down also the passage or
S. Petri ad vincula That one Quirinus a Tribune having a Daughter who had a disease in her throat went to Alexander then Pope of Rome the sixth from St. Peter and desired him to borrow or see the chains that St. Peter was chained with under Nero which request obtained his said Daughter kissing the said Chains was cured of her disease and Quirinus with his family were baptized Tunâ— dictus Alexander Papa saith Durand hoc festum in Calendis Augusti celebrandum â—instituit in honorem beati Petri Ecclesiam in urbe fabricavit ubi vincula ipse reposuit ad vincula nominavit Calendis Augusti dedicavit In qua festivitate populus illic ipsa vincula hodiè osculatur So that this day being before called onely the Calends of August was upon this occasion afterwards termed indifferently either of the instrument that wrought this miracle St. Peters day ad vincula or of that part of the Maiden whereon the miracle was wrought the Gule of August See Lammas day Gulosity gulositas gluttony Gulph sinus is a part of the Sea insinuating and embosoming it self within the land or between two several lands As the Gulph of Venice the Persian Gulf the Red Sea Sinus Mexicanus Vermilius Gangeticus Gurgitate gurgito to swallow or devour Gurgitive gurgitivus belonging to a Gulph or stream Guttulous guttosus pertaining to or full of drops Gust gustus the sence of tasting a taste Guttural from guttur pertaining to the throat Gultwit seems to be compounded of Gult i. noxa and wit a termination of words in the Saxon tongue signifying nothing in it self but as dome or hood Christendom Childhood Manhood c. Others say and it is true that wit signifies blame or reprehension Gultwit as Saxon in his description of England ca. 11. interprets it is an amends for trespass Gustation gustatio a tasting or smacking also a little knowledge of or experience in Gustatory gustatorium a place where men were wont to banquet Guidage guidagium is that which is given for safe conduct through a strange territory Cassanaeus de consuetud Burgun p. 119. whose words are these Est Guidagium quod datur alicui ut tuto conducatur per loca alterius Guzes The ball of the eye a term in Heraldry Gyges Ring Gyges was King of Lydia and his Ring said to have this property that being on the finger and turned to the inside of the hand the wearer went invisible but turning it to the outside then he was visible again as before Plat. in lib. de Repub. will tell you how Gyges came by this Ring Gymnase gymnasium a place of all kind of exercise either of body or mind a School a Colledge or Hall in an University Gymnastick gymnasticus belonging to the place of wrestling or other exercise which was performed naked Gymnasticks books treating of Exercise Gymnasiarch gymnasiarcha the head Master of the place where Champions did exercise also the chief Master of a School Gymnosophists gymnosophistae from gymnos naked and sophos wisdom certain Philosophers in India that went always naked and lived solitary in woods and desarts feeding on herbs the first beginner of which Sect was as St. Hierome reports Cont. Jovinian called Buddus These Gymnosophists were to the Indians as the Druides to the Brittans and are by them called Brachmans See Brachmans Strabo says there were two kind of Gymnosophists one dwelling in Desarts c. termed Hermanes The other frequented Kings Courts Cities c. and were called Brachmans Gynecocraty or Gynecretic feminine Rule or Authority the Government of a woman Gypsation gypsatio a plaistering or pargetting Gyre gyrus a circuit or compass a cariere a bound or end of a course or race Gyration gyratio a turning about or dizziness H HAbeas Corpus is a Writ which a man indicted of some trespass before Justices of Peace or in a Court of any Franchize and upon his apprehension being laid in prison for the same may have out of the Upper Bench thereby to remove himself thither at his own costs and to answer the Cause there c. Fitz nat br fo 250. h. Habergion or Haubergion Fr. the diminutive of Hauber a little coat of Mail or onely Sleeves and Gorget of Mail. It is used in Scripture Rev. 19.9 Habilitation a making of one able or capable Bac. Habitiment Fr. apparel cloathing array attire Also Armor or Harness Habit habitus the outward attire of the body whereby one person is distinguished from another aâ— the Habit of a Gentleman is different from that of a Merchant and the Habit of a Handy-crafts-man from both Sometimes it signifies a quality or constitution in the body or mind not natural but gotten by long custom or infused by God As an Orator still exercised in making Orations has gotten a habit of eloquent speaking And the holy Apostles had a habit to understand and speak languages without study Bull. Habitable habitabilis that may be inhabited or dwelt in Habitacle habitaculum a dwelling place or habitation Habitual habitus grown to a habit by long custom customary Habitude habitudo the habit state or disposition of the body custom use Hach Hachis or Hacâ—ee Fr. a dish made ordinarily of cold meat cut in little peeces and stewed or boyled on a Chaffing-dish with crums of Bread Wine Vinegar sliced Nutmeg and Orange pills Cotg. Hagard Fr. wilde strange froward unsociable A Hagard Faulcon a Faulcon that preyed for her self before she was taken See Ramage Haggs flammae lambentes are made of sweat or some other vapor issuing out of the head a not unusual sight among us when we ride by night in the Summer time They are extinguished like flames by shaking the horse Mains But I beleeve rather it is onely a vapour reflecting light but fat and sturdy compacted about the Mains of horses or mens hairs Per. Institutions p. 149. Hagiographer Hagiographus he that writes holy things S. Wa. Ra. Hail to you or all Hail to you a Saxon word ab all i. omnis and heile i. sanitas vel salus and so is as much as all health to you Halcyon Gr. a kind of small Bird called by some a Kings-fisher and breeding on the Sea-shoar about the winter solstice which time being about fourteen days there is no tempest or storm Hence t is we call peaceable or quiet times Halcycon or Halcyonian days Two notable properties are observed in the Nest of this Bird which she makes with the foam of the Sea The first is That the Architecture of it is so strong so durable that it cannot be broken nor cut even with the violent stroak of iron The second That it is so proportioned to the Bird as if it were sewed to her body in such manner as no creature can therein be received but the Architect himself Caussinus See more in Vul. Err. p. 128. and 129. Halicuticks halieutica books treating of fishes or fishing whereof Oppianus wrote five Haliographie Gr. a description of
a horse-race Hippogryph hippo-gryps a kind of feigned beast in part horse in part Griffin Hippomachy hippomachia a justing or tilting on horseback Hircine hircinus goatish of a Goat Hirculation hirculatio a disease in the Vine when it bears no fruit Hirsuts hirsutus rough hairy full of bristles sharp Hirundinous from â—hirundo inis of or pertaining to a swallow Hispanian Hispanus of or belonging to Spain born in Spain Hispid hispidus bristled or rough-haired terrible Historiography historiographia the writing an History Histriographer historiographus an historian a writer of Histories Histrionick histrionicus player-like fit for or belonging to a Stage-player or Stage-play Histrionically after the manner of a Stage-Player Hithe as Queen-Hithe in London is a petit Haven to land wares out of vessels or boats New Book of Enteries fol. 3. Col. 3. Hoane Sax. a fine kind of Whetstone softer then that which is most commonly called a Whetstone Hoblers hobellarii In Ireland there were certain Knights so called because they were wont to serve in the wars upon Hobbies also with us certain persons who were by their tenure tyed to maintain a little light Nag which in Ireland they call a Hobby and hence we say a Hobby-horse for the certifying of any invasion made by Enemies or such like peril towards the Sea side as Portsmouth c. Of these you shall read A. 18. Ed. 3. Stat. 2. cap. 7. An. 25. ejusdem Stat. 5. cap. 8. Antiq. Hibâ—rn p. 35. Hocktyde or Hockstyde of old thus Hardiknute the last King of the Danes in this Nation dying suddainly at Lambeth in the year 1042 his death was so welcome to his Subjects that the time was annually celebrated for some hundreds of years after with open pastimes in the streets and called Hockstide in some parts of this Nation not yet out of memory but observed the week after Easter signifying scorning or contempt which fell upon the Danes by his death Sir Rich. Baker See Fugalia Hocus-pocus a Jugler one that shews tricks by slight of hand Hodiernal hodiernus of to day or at this time Hodgee Persian a holy man a Priest among the Persians Herb. Ho-goo in true Fr. Haut-goust a high taste smatch or savour it is usually taken for any dish of meat that has some more then ordinary taste or savor Hogshead Brit. Hogsed is a measure of Wine or Oyl containing the fourth part of a Tun that is 63 Gallons A. 1. R. 3. cap. 13. Holocaust holocaustum a Burnt-Offering a Sacrifice wherein the whole beast was offered and no part reserved Holographical holographicus wholly written with his own hand from whom it is sent Homage Fr Hommage i. fides clientularis service fidelity In Court Barons the Jury sworn to enquire of matters is so called It signifies also a servile ceremony of duty by some Tenants to their Lords after this manner The Tenant that holds Lands by Homage kneeling on both knees before the Lord who sits and holds the Tenants hands between his saith as follows I become your man from this day forth for life for member and for worldly honor and shall owe you my faith for the Land I hold of you saving the faith I owe to our Soveraign Lord the King and to my other Lords And then the Lord sitting must kiss the Tenant An. 17. Ed. 2. Stat. 2. Glanvile lib. 9. cap. 1. Homageable that is subject to or ought to do homage Homeology homoeologia likeness of speech Homerical after the manner of Homer Homer like Bac. Homicide homicida a murtherer a man-slayer Homicide homicidium the slaying of a man and is divided into voluntary and casual homicide voluntary is that which is deliberate and committed of a set mind and purpose to kill And this is either with precedent malice or without the former is murther and is the fellonious killing through malice prepensed of any person living in this Realm under the Kings protection West par 2. Sym. tit Inditements sect 37 c. usque ad 51. where you may see divers subdivisions of it See also Glanvile l. 14. ca. 3. Bract. lib. 3. tract 2. cap. 4.15 and 17. Brit. cap. 5 6 7. Also a sort of knives so called Act. 1656. ca. 20. Homily homilia a familiar speech of men together a kind of Sermon properly of an inferior kind such as is delivered out of a Book or Manuscript by those that are not able to preach otherwise Homodox 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is of the same opinion with another Homogeneal homogeneus of one or the same kind congenerous Homography homographia like writing or painting Homologation homologatio an admission allowance or approbation a consent unto Homology homologia an agreement a confession Homonymy Gr. when divers things are signified by one word or name as Hart signifies a beast and a prinicipal Member of the body a likeness or sameness of name It is a term in Logick Holy War Homonymous Gr. whose name onely is common their essence divers doubtful ambiguous Honi soit qui maly â—ense Fr. signifies Evil or shame be to him that evil thinks it is the Motto belonging to the Order of Knights of the Garter Honor does sometimes signifie the most noble sort of Seigniories on which other inferior Lordships or Mannors depend by performance of some Customs or Services to the Lords of such Honors And it seems there are no Honors but such as did originally belong to the King and have since been given in Fee to Noble men Of this sort are the Honors of Windsor Greenwich Tickhil c. And Courts there held are called Honor-Courts 37 H. 8.18.33 H. 8.37 Honour point In Heraldry the upper part of an Escoutcheon is so called when its breadth is divided into three even parts Honorary honorarius pertaining to honour which is made for honor more then use Honorificabilitudinity honorificabilitudinitas honorableness Honorifical honorificus that brings or causeth honor Honâ—-moon applied to those married persons that love well at first and decline in affections afterwards it is hony now but it will change as the Moon Min. Hoguâ—ton Fr. a fashion of short Coat Cassock or Jacket without sleeves Horary horarius of the space of an hour hourly Hoplochrism from the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 arma and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 unguentum an anointing of arms or weapons as they do in the use of the weapon salve Dr. Charl. Hoplochristical pertaining to the Weapon-salve Horcentrick Fr. out of the Center clean without the Compass of Mathematicians apply this word to the Sun when his Center being at the full height of his Epicycle is farthest from the Center of the earth Cot. Horizon Gr. a Circle immoveable dividing the half-Sphear of the Firmament which we see from the other half we see not it hath the name of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. termino to bound or limit because it limits our sight For example imagine you stood upon Highgate or the Tower-hill at Greenwich so far as you
non aetas not yet of age minority that is all the time of a mans age under One and twenty years in soml cases and Fourteen in some as marriage See Brook tit Age. Non compos mentis i. not in his right wits is of four sorts 1. He that is an Ideot born Next he that by accident wholly loseth this wits 3. A Lunatick that has sometime his understanding and sometimes not Lastly he that by his own act deprives himself of his right mind for a time as a Drunkard None of the day is the third quarter of the day beginning at Noon and lasting till the Sun be gone half way towards setting Nones nonae in March May July and October are the six days next following the first day or the Calends In other moneths they are the four days next after the first But the last of these days is properly called Nones and the other reckoned backward according to the number distant from the Nones as the third fourth or fith Nones They are called Nones because they began the ninth day before the Ides Hoptons Conc. p. 70. Non liquet i. It appears not it is not clear it likes not Also a Verdict given by the Jury signifying that the matter was to be deferred to another day of trial Ignoramus with us or a Reprié it was wont to be put down in a Scrowle or Tablet by these letters N.L. As guilty or Condemnatio by C Quitting by A i. Absolutus Carol. Sigon de Judiciis Non obstante Lat. notwithstanding nevertheless a word much used in our Statutes Patents and other writings c. Non plus Lat. no more a term often used when a man can say no more nor answer an Ojection then he is said to be at a Nonplus Non-residency unlawful absence from the place of his charge most commonly spoken of Ministers and their Cures Non-suit is a Renunciation of the Suit by the Plaintiff or Demandant when the matter is so far proceeded in as the Jury is ready at the Bar to deliver their Verdict A. 2. H. 4. ca. 7. See the New book of Entries verbo Nonsuit The Civilians term it Litis renunciationem Nonupla a quick time in Musick peculiar to Gigs and such like having nine Crotchets between Bar and Bar. Nook of Land See Yard Normal normalis right by rule made by the Square or Rule Nortel ware corruptly so called in some part of England for Lorimers See Lorimer Norrey or Norroy King at Arms. See Harold Nosognomonick Gr. a part of Physick See Medicine Nostoch says Dr. Charlton in his Paradoxes is the nocturnal pollution of some plethorical and wanton star or rather excrement blown from the nostrils of some rheumatick Planet falling upon plains and sheep pastures of an obscure red or brown tawny in consistence like a gelly and so trembling if touched which the Philosophy of the clouted shoo affirms to be the ruines of a star fallen Some there are saith Dornaeus who by Nostoch intend wax but by the favor of a metaphor Notary notarius a Scribe or Scrivener that onely takes notes or makes a short draught of contracts obligations or other instruments these notes he may deliver to the parties that gave him instructions if they desire no more but if they do he must deliver them to a Tabellion who draws them at large ingrosses them in parchment c. and keeps a Register of them but this is not generally observed for in many Towns of France the Notaries are also Tabellions Cotg. Notification notificatio information signification advertisement Notion notio knowledge understanding acquaintance Novatians a sort of Hereticks whereof one Novatus was first Author about the year 215. he condemned second Mariages and held that such as had once faln or were in Apostacy ought no more to be received into the Church although they were repentant therefore c. This Heresie was condemned by a Council at Rome See Catharians Novator Lat. he that makes a thing new a renewer Novels of the Civil Law are in number 168. into which the 91 Collations of the Authenticks which were set out after the Codex by Justinian then Emperor and brought into the body of the Civil Law were divided They were called Novelles says Cujatius quod novissime promulgatae sint post Codices Novenary novenarius of nine that consists of nine Novendial novendialis of nine days space or continuance Novennial novennis of nine years Novae tabulae Lat. was an easement proposed in favor of debtors at Rome whereby the old debt books and obligations were cancelled or the nomina dashed out Among the Athenians this practise was called Sisacthia i. an easing of burthen or Creâ—opia a cutting off or striking out of debts Livie Novercal novercalis of or pertaining to a Step-mother or mother in Law Novice from the Lat. Novus a young Monk or Nun before they are professed one that 's but newly entred into a Religious house and has not passed his time of probation also a youngling or beginner in any profession Novity novitas newness strangeness novelty Nowed a term in Heraldry from the Fr. Nové knotted or tied in a knot Noxious noxius hurtful noysom offensive Nubiferous nubifer that brings or carries clouds cloudy Nubilous nubilosus full of clouds cloudy stormy tempestuous Nubivagant nubivagus passing through or among clouds Nuceous nuceus of or pertaining to a Nut. Nudation nudatio a making bare Nude nudus bare naked uncovered void empty destitute poor Nude contract nudum pactum is in our Law a bare contract or promise of a thing without any consideration given therefore ex quo non oritur actio Nudity nuditas bareness nakedness want of any thing poverty Nugal Nugatory nugatorius trifling vain of no force Nugator Lat. a trifler Nugation nugatio a trifling Bac. Nuisance See Nusance Nullifidian from nulla fides one of no faith Religion or honesty a Seeker Nullity nullitas nothing annihilation the being void nothing or of no effect Nullo a Cypher or non-significant character Numeral numeralis of or belonging to number Numerical belonging to number Also a term in Logick as when we say a numerical difference that is to say the last difference by which one individual thing is distinguished from one another Numerist numerarius he that numbereth an Officer in the later Emperors time belonging to the Office of Praefectus praetorio A kind of Register Notary or Auditor Nun nonna q. non nupta Teut. Nunn Belg. Nonne is a holy or consecrated Virgin or a woman that by vow has bound her self to a single and chaste life in some place and company of other women separated from the world and devoted to an especial service of God by prayer fasting and such like holy exercises St. Hierom makes nonna originally an Egyptian word as Hospinian records of him in his book de origine progressu monachatus fol 3. Of these there are several Orders Scholastica the Sister of St. Benedict was the first that collected
they were made by K. Richard the First when he was there Cok Inst par 1. p. 260 b. This Oleron is an Island near Rochel belonging to the French Olidous olidus which hath a strong savor whether good or bad rank of smell Oligarchy oligarchia the state of a Commonwealth where a few persons and those properly of the wealthier sort have all the authority Olimpiad See Olympiad Oliver a name fetched from the peace-bringing Olive as Daphnis and Laurence from the triumphant Laurel Olivaster a wilde Olive tree also like or of the colour of an Olive in which last sence the Lord Bacon uses it in his Nat. Hist Oliviferous olivifer which bears or brings forth Olives Olivity olivitas the time of gathering Olives or making Oyl see Oleity Olla Span. a Pot to boil meat in and by figure is taken for the meat it self boiled in it Olla podrida a Hotchpot of several ingredients Mr. Howel in one of his Letters describes it thus The Olla podrida hath Intellectuals and Sences Mutton Beef and Bacon are to her as the Will Vnderstanding and Memory are to the Soul Cabbage Turnips Artichocks Potatoes and Dates are her five Sences and Pepper the common Sence She must have Marrow to keep life in her and some Birds to make her light and by all means she must be adorned with some chains of Sausages c. This dish is much in request with us and is commonly pronounced Ollia the second l in Spanish being melted in the pronunciation like an i. It hath some Analogy with that the French call a Bisque Olympiad olympias adis the space of five years or of eighty moneths thirty days to a moneth which was the Epoch of the Grecians and so used from the time of celebrating their Olympick Games which was every fifth year and the interval was called an Olympiad See more of this in Mr. Greg. de Aeris Epoch c 7. Olympick Games olympia Games instituted by Hercules in honor of Jupiter they were celebrated every fifth year in the Plains of Elis a City of Peloponnesus and the Exercises were five Running Wrestling Leaping Quoiting and Whorle-bats The reward to those that overcame in these feats of activity was nothing but a Garland of Olive branches lest covetousness rather then vertue should make them strive for victory They took name from the City Olympia otherwise Pisa Sir Wat. Ral. lib. 2. fol. 490. Olympias Gr. heavenly a womans name but some use Olympha Ombrage See Vmbrage Omega Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. O magnum the last letter in the Greek Alphabet and by a Metaphor taken for the last part or end of any thing See Alpha. Omelet Fr. a Pancake of Eggs a Froise Ominous omninosus lucky or unlucky that portends good or ill luck Omneity from omnis the all-being of a thing Rel. Med. Omnifarious omnifarius sundry divers all manner of ways Omniferous omnifer that beareth or bringeth forth all things or of all kinds Omnigenous omnigenus of every kind Omnimode omnimodus of all manners or fashions of every way Omniparent omniparens which bears or brings forth all things Father or Mother of all things Omniregencie from omnis rego the having the sole rule or authority in ones hands Omnipotencie omnipotentia almightiness Omnipresent omnipresens that is present every where Omniscient Omniscious omniscius that knows all things Omnitenent omnitenens that contains all things Omnitenerant that travels every where that journeys into all places Omnivagant omnivagus wandring every where that runs up and down in all places Omnivalent omnivalens that is able to do all things Omnivolent omnivolus that wills or desires all things Omnivorous omnivorus that devoures and eats all kind of things Omologie omologia a congruence proportion or agreeableness confession Onagre onager a wild Ass also an Engine to fling or shoot great stones as the Balista did arrows Onerate onero to load charge or burthen to overcharge to weary Onocrotal onocrotalus a Bird like a Swan braying like an Ass thought to be a Bittour Onomancie onomantia divination by names also the skill of repeating many names by the art of memory The Pythagoreans judged the even number of vowels in names to signifie imperfections in the left sides of men and the odd number in the right Onomantical pertaining unto or skilful in that kind of Divination Onamatopeious pertaining to the Figure Onomatopoeia which is a faining a name from any kind of sound Onymancy Gr. Divination by oyl and wax Onyx Gr. a precious stone found in the mountains of Arabia of the colour of a mans nail Some write that it is congealed of a juyce dropping from a tree called Onycha which is the cause it smels sweet being cast into the fire also that it is often found with divers pictures in it being easily therein fashioned before the stone be throughly hardned This stone is called by some the Chalcidonie Opal opalum a precious stone of divers colours wherein appears the fiery shining of the Carbuncle the purple colour of the Amethyst and the greenness of the Emerald very strangely mixed together Plin. lib. 37. ca. 6. Opacitie opacitas shadow of trees umbrage Opaque Opacous opacus shadowed in the shade dark obscure black Opera Lat. a work labor diligence study c. In Italy it signifies a Tragedy Tragi-Comedy Comedy or Pastoral which being the studied work of a Poet is not acted after the vulgar manner but performed by Voyces in that way which the Italians term Recitative being likewise adorned with Scenes by Perspective and extraordinary advantages by Musick The common Plays which are not Opera's are performed ex tempore by the Actors and are but in the nature of Farces wanting the above-mentioned adornments Operarious operarius pertaining to the workman done with labor Operator Lat. he that works a workman Operiment operimentum a covering Opertaneous opertaneus done within doors in secret or in covert Ophthalmie ophthalmia an inflammation of the uttermost skin of the eye called Aduata proceeding either of fulness of the body or of the sharp cholerick humor or of gross humors and windiness puffing up the place Tho. Opiferous opifer which aids or helps succoring Opifice opificium work or workmanship Opimous opimus fat gross in good liking or plight rich plentiful well furnished Opinable opinabilis that is or may be conceived in opinion Bac. Opinator Lat. a supposer one that never affirms any thing Opinative or Opiniative opinatus that stands in his own opinion addicted to an opinion apt to have opinions wedded to his own humor wilful Opiniatrety from the Fr. opiniastrete opiniativeness obstinacy a head-strong maintaining of or persistance in an ill opinion Opiparous opiparus sumptuous magnificent very rich royal Opisthograph opisthographum a book written on the back-side or paper written on both sides Opisthographical that is written upon on both sides Opitulat◠opitulor to help succor or aid Opobalsamum Gr. the Gum of the Balm tree See Balm Oppication
see Brigade Rotal rotalis of or belonging to a wheel By Rote rotatim rowllingly roundly when one has a lesson by heart and says it as roundly and perfectly as a wheel runs in his rota track The French say Par rotine Rotundity rotunditas roundness Rouge Cross and Rogue Dragon the names of two Pursuivants at Arms see Harold Roundel a kind of Ball or such like round substance in Blazon of which Heralds reckon nine sorts Guillim Roundelay a Shepheards dance sometimes used for a Song Roundlet a certain measure of Wine Oyle c. containing eighteen Gallons and an half Rounds Statues and their fragments are so called by Painters Rowland or Rolland Ger. whereas it was antiently written Rodland it may seem to signifie Councel for the Land and the first I finde so named was Landwarden in France under Carolus Magnus against the Piracies of the Normans The Italians use Orland for Rowland by Metathesis Royalist Fr. one that takes the Kings part a Lover of Kingship Royalty the right or prerogative of a King the Royalties of a Mannor are the Waifs Strays Fishing Fowling c. Rubefy rubefacio to make red to make one blush Rubicon the name of a River in Italy over which Julius Caesar passed in the beginning of his Expedition against Pompey whence to pass the Rubicon is used proverbially to undertake a great and dangerous exploit Rubicundous rubicundus very red or ruddy blood red Rubid rubidus reddish somewhat red or ruddy Rubiginous rubiginosus foul musty blasted Rubor Lat. shamefac'dness redness blushing Rubrick rubrica a special title or sentence of the Law or of any book written or printed in red the Calender of Saints and festivals is commonly so called because the chief of them are printed in red letters In the Cannon Law the arguments of every Chapter were written with red Letters which was called the Rubrick and the Text with black Rubricate rubrico to make or colour red with Oaker Rubrificative a Plaister of so strong or strongly drawing Simples that it ulcerates or at least makes red the place it is applied to Cot. Ructation ructatio a belching or breaking winde upward Rudiment rudimentum the first teaching or instruction a beginning a principle Rugosous rugosus full of wrinckles crumples or plaits rough riveled withered Rumbe rhombus a term in Geometry and signifies a whole line in the Compass consisting of two winds as the Line of North and South or that of East and West The Spaniards first gave that name as Peter of Medina takes it upon them yet not out of their own Language but fancying to themselves that the Lines of the Compass as indeed they do much resembled the spars of a Spinning Wheel which in Lat. is called Rhombus from the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to turn about they call that Rumbus and the word hath taken Greg. 283. Rumia a Goddess that ruled over sucking children and womens Paps Rumidge to remove any Goods or Luggage out of a place Seamen use it for removing and clearing things in the ships Hold that Goods and Victuals may be well stowed and placed Rumiferate Rumigerate rumifero rumigero to disperse a rumor to carry tidings abroad to tell tales or blaze abroad reports Ruminate rumino to chew the Cud as Neat do also to call to remembrance and consider with ones self to study and think on matters Runcina the Goddess of weeding Running of the Reins see Gonorrhaea Ruption ruptio a bursting tearing or breaking a Rupture Ruptor Lat. a breaker or tearer in pieces a destroyer he that violates Ruptory Fr. Ruptoire a Corrosive or Potential Cauter that which hath strength to break Rural ruralis of or belonging to the Country or Village rustical Rurigene rurigena born dwelling or abiding in the Country Country people Rustication rusticatio a dwelling or abiding in the Country Rusticity rusticitas churlishness rudeness clownishness Rutilate rutilo to shine or glare to make to shine or glister like gold to make bright or yellow Ruttier Fr. Routier a Directory for the knowledge or finding out of courses whether by Sea or Land also an old Traveller one that by much trotting up and down is grown acquainted with most ways and hence an old beaten Soldier or an old crafty Fox c. Ryparographer see in Rhy S. SAbaoth Sabbath Sabbaoth or Sabboth Lat. Sabbatum from the Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Scabath i. quievit a day of rest or a time set apart for holy rest which is Friday among the Turks Saturday among the Jews and Sunday or our Lords day among us Christians which instead of the Saturday or Jewish Sabbath was instituted by the Apostles to be kept festival in honor and memory of Christs Resurrection on that day and so hath been observed ever since see Moses Aaron p. 97. Sabaoth in all the Tongues is also an Attribute the Hebrews gave to God Lord of Hosts of Armies and Powers and comes of the Hebr. Tsabaoth signifying Armies or Powers Sabbatical Sabbaticus pertaining to the Sabbath or Seventh day that keeps the Sabbath A Sabbath days journey was among the Jews 2000 cubits now taken for two miles by some by others but for one Sabbatical year was the â—eventh year in which the Jews rested from Tillage and discharged their Debtors whence it was called Shemita Laihova The Lords release Deut 15 2. Levit. 25.1 Sabbatism Sabatismus the celebration of the Sabbath a time of Holy Rest Sabbatarians a sort of Hereticks who celebrate the Jewish Sabbath and not our Lords Day Sabellians a Sect of Hereticks so called from Sabellius their first Founder who held the Father Son and Holy Ghost were onely one Substance and one Person having three Names c. See Antitrinitarians Sable Fr. black colour in Blazon It is also a rich Fur of a Beast so called like and near as big as a Polecar of colour between black and brown and breeds in Russia but most in Tartaria Sacerdotal sacerdotalis belonging to Priests or Church-men Priestly Saccus cum brochia seems to be a service of finding a Sack and a Broach to the King by vertue of a Tenure for the use of his Army Bract. lib. 2. cap. 16. numb 6. Sack of Wool saccus Lanae is a quantity of wool containing six and twenty stone and fourteen pound An. 14. Edw. 3. Stat. 1. cap. 21 See Sarplar Sacramental sacramentalis pertaining to a Sacrament or Oath Sacramentaries Sacramentarii Protestants Huguenots or Calvinists in the Doctrine of the Sacrament Sacrary sacrarium the Place wherein holy things are laid a Sextry or Vestry in a Church Sacre sacro to dedicate to hallow to make immortal Sacriferous sacrifer that bears holy things Sacrificial sacrificialis belonging to a Sacrifice Offering or Oblation Sacrileg sacrilegium the robbing a Church or other holy consecrated place the stealing holy things or abusing Sacraments or holy Mysteries Sacrilegious sacrilegus that robs the Church wicked extremely bad Sacristy sacristia a Vestry in a Church see
in Mint-matters and Allayes were sent for hither to bring our coyn to perfection which since that time was called from them sterling for Easterling Not from Sterling or Striveling in Scotland nor from a star or the bird Starling which some dreamt to be stamped on it For in old Deeds they are always called Nummi Esterlingi which implied as much as good and lawful money of England or Proba Moneta among the Civilians and Monois de Roy in France Cam. Rem fol. 184. A Pound sterling is Twenty shillings in our Engliâ— money an English penny was of old called a Sterling and in the composition of Measures made in Edward the Firsts time we find that Denarius Angliae qui nominatur Sterlingus rotundus sine tonsura ponderabit 32 grana in medio spicae Antiq Hibern p. 133. Sternâ—mancy sternomantia divination by a mans breast Sternutation sternutatio a sneezing Sternuâ—atory sternutatorium medicamentum a medicine or powder that will cause sneezing sneezing powder Stâ—rquilinious from steâ—quilinium pertaining to a Dunghil or Mixen Stews are those places where women of professed incontinency proffer their bodies to all commers from the Fr. Estuve i. a Bathe or Hot-house because wantons are wont to prepare or rather to purge themselves for those venereous acts by often bathing and Hot-houses And that this is not new Homer shews in the eighth Book of his Odiss where he reckons hot Bathes among the effeminate sort of pleasures Of these Stewes see the Statute An. 11. H. 6. ca. 1. Sticonomaâ—tic Gr. divination by words written on the bark of trees Stigian see Stygian Stigmatick Stigmatical stigmaticus that is marked with an hot iron notably defamed for a naughty fellow Stigmatize stigmatizo to mark with an hot iron as we use to do Rogues and notorious offenders at Goal deliveries Stilletto see Stelletto Stâ—llatory stillatorius stilling distilling dropping Also substantively a Still or Limbeck Sâ—illicide stillicidium the dropping of the Eaves of an house Stillatitious stillatitius that drops or distils Stillicidiouâ— the same Stil-yard or Steel-yard Guilda Teutonicorum An. 32. H 8. c. 8. and An. 32. ejus ca. 14. is a place near the Thames in London where the Fraternity of the Easterling Merchants or the Merchants of Hanse and Almain Ann. 1. Edw. 6. cap. 13. were wont to have their abode It is so called of a broad Yard or Court wherein Steel was much sold upon which that house is founded see Hanse The place is now onely famous for Rhenish wine Neats-Tongues c. L. Herb. in Hen. 8. calls it the Stilly-art but gives no reason for it Stimulate stimulo to prick move incense stir forward provoke Stipation stipatio a bolstring or holding up on every side a guarding about or enâ—ironing Stipendial stipendialis belonging to wages or hire Stipendary stipendarius that pays tribute or takes wages Stipendious stipendiosus that hath often been retained in wars and served for wages Stipone a kind of sweet compound liquor drunk in some places of London in the summer-time Stiptical stipticus that stops or binds restrictive Stipticity stipticitas astringency the quality or power of binding Stipulate stipulor to require and demand a thing to be given him or done for him with ordinary words of the Law to require by or make aâ— covenant to promise effectually what he is required to do Stipulation stipulatio a demanding the performance of covenants a bargain or solemn promise Stiricide stiricidium the dropping of a house with ice-sickles Stirious from stiria pertaining to a drop of ice or an Icesickle Br. Stirâ—s Lat. the root stem or stalk of a Tree Plant or Herb a stock or kindred a race issue or nobleness of birth Lo Bac. Stocada Span. estocada a stab foin or thurst with a weapon Stoicks Stoici a Sect of Philosophers at Athens wherof of Zeno was the chief they held a wise man ought to be free from all passions never to be moved either with Joy or Grief and esteeming all things to be ordered by an inevitable necessity of Fate They were called Stoicks of the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. a Porch because Zeno taught his followers in a common Porch of the City Stoical pertaining to such Philosphers severe Stoicism the Doctrine or Discipline of the Stoicks Stole stola any Garment wherewith the body is covered a Robe of honor Among the antient Romans it was had in great reverence and held as a Vest or Badge of chastity hence that of Martial lib. 1. Quis floralia vestit Stolatum permittit meretricibus pudorem With the modern Romanists it is that part of the Priestly Ornaments which being put over the neck is afterwards set cross-wise over the breast with the ends hanging down on each side and used in memory of the cord by which our blessed Saviour was tied to the Pillar when he was whipt and scourged and signifies the light and sweet yoak of Christ whereunto we are patiently and obediently to submit The antient Spartan Soldiers did also wear a crimson Stole or Tippet about their necks and a shield of brass 1. â—art Tr. Stolid stolidus fooling fond leud of condition unadvised dull doltish Stolidity stoliditas solly unadvisedness fondness Stomachick stomachicus that is sick in the stomack that cannot keep the meat it has taken Stomachâ—sity stomachesitas anger indignation disdain Stomatick stomaticus that hath a sore or swelling in the mouth Stone of Wool ought to weigh fourteen pounds yet in some places by custom it is more or less as in Herefordshire 't is 12. in Glocestershire 15. and two Stone made a Tod of Wooll see Crompt J of P. f. 83. b. See Sarplar A stone of Beef is but eight pound in London 12 in Herefordshire Stonefâ—ulcon Lithofalcus from the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. lapis so called from the stones and rocks where she eyres or builds her nest Stook of Corâ— see Thrave Stooming of Wine There is says Mr. Howel in his Letters a hard green wine that grows about Rochel and the Islands thereabouts which the cunning Hollander sometime useth to fetch and he hath a trick to put a bag of hearbs or some other infusions into it as he doth brimstone in Rhenish to give it a whiter tincture and more sweetness then they reimbark it for England where it passeth for good Bachrag and this is called Stooming of wine Stork Belg. a Bird famous for natural love towards his Parents whom he feeds being old and impotent as they fed him being young The Egyptians so esteemed this Bird that there was a great penalty laid upon him that should kill him Stowing is the laying any goods or victuals in order in the Hold of a Ship and at Land it is the laying Coals or other goods in a Warehouse Cellar or other place And Stowage is the place it self or the money that is paid for such place to lay goods in Strabism strabismus the squintness in the eyes Strage strages a slaughter a discomfiture
was first found out by Paracelsus Of this see Dr. Charltons Paradoxes p. 1. Wedding nuptiae comes from the Germ. wed i pignus a pledge and wedde in Scotland signifies so much at this day Skene Wednesday See VVoden Weigh is a certain weight of Cheese or Wool containing 256 pounds of Avoir-du-pois And in some parts of this land it signifies a quantity of corn most commonly Barley or Malt containing six Quarters or forty eight Strikes Weights pondera there are two sorts of them in use with us the one called Troy weight which has Twelve ounces in the pound and by this Pearl precious Stones Electuaries or Medicinal things Gold Silver and Bread are weighed the other Avoir-du-pois which contains sixteen ounces in the pound by this all other things are weighed that pass between man and man by weight saving onely those above named Why the one should be cal'd Troy weight I have not learned though I read it libram unciam Trojanam as if it came from Troy The other seems to be so termed by reason of the more full weight for Avoir du pois in French is to have good weight but by these words Avoir du pois are somtimes signified such merchandize as are bought and sold by this kind of weight Fleta l. 2. c. 12. saith 15 ounces make the merchants pound which 't is like though an ounce less should be all one in signification with the pound Avoir-du-pois and the other Pound called by Fleta Trone weight plainly appears to be all one with that which we cal Troy weight and I find not Troy weight mentioned by any other that ever I read upon this subject but onely our own Countrimen See Tronage One Phidon an Argive is said to have bin the first finder out of VVeights and Measures See Ounce Sarplar Welken or Welkin Sax. a cloud but now commonly taken for the Sky or Element Welsh the people of VVales which were the old Britans and those a people of the Gauls from whence the Saxons according to their manner of speech instead of Gallish called them VVallish and by abbreviation Walch or Welsh Were-wulf or Were-wolf were in the old Sax. was sometimes used for man this name remains still known in the Teutonick and is as much as Man-wolf which is a certain Sorcerer who having anointed his body with an Ointment made by instinct of the Devil and putting on a certain inchanted Girdle does not only to the view of others seem as a VVolf but to his own thinking hath both the shape and nature of a VVolf so long as he wears the said Girdle and accordingly worries and kills humane creatures Of these sundry have been taken in Germany and the Neatherlands One Peter Stump for being a Were-wolf and having killed thirteen children two women and one man was at Bedhur not far from Cullen in the year 1589. put to a very terrible death Verst Westphalia Bacon so called from the Country VVestphalia a Province in Germany from whence it comes which Province is wonderfully stored with Acorns that feed Swine of an exceeding pleasant taste and nourishment Westsaxonlage See Merchenlage Wharf from the Belg. Werf idem is a broad plain place neer a Creek or Hithe of the water to lay Wares upon that are brought to or from the water Or it is a working place for Shipwrights Wharfage is a Fee due for any thing that is landed at the VVharf or brought upon the VVharf to be carried by water Wharfinger is the Keeper of a VVharf An. 7. Ed. 6. cap. 7. Whead or Wheadle is a late word of fancy and signifies to draw one in by fair words or subtile insinuation to act any thing of disadvantage or reproof Whirlebat See VVhorlebat White-hall in Henry the eighth's time was called York-house as being the Archbishop of Yorks Palace otherwise called Cardinal VVolsey upon whose conviction in a Premâ—nire it fell to that King who beautified and enlarged it and called it VVhitehall Whitsunday Pentecost Whitsontide i. albi solis tempus is a solemn Feast in memory and honor of the coming of the holy Ghost upon the heads of the Apostles in tongues as it were of fire Act. 2.3 Pentecost in Greek signifies the fiftieth it being the fiftieth day from the Resurrection It is also called VVhitsunday from the Catechumens who were clothed in white and admitted on the Eve of this Feast to the Sacrament of Baptism Verstegan says it was anciently called Wied Sunday i. sacred Sunday for wied or wihed signifies sacred in the old Saxon. Whole-chase Boots are whole hunting or large riding Boots and Demichase are with the French half hunting or as we call them Summer riding Boots though some of our Shoomakers do ignorantly apply the word Demiâ—chase to a certain colour of the leather Whorlebat caestus is a Weapon with Plummets of lead used in Games for exercise by the antient Romans Wicket from the Fr. Huisset a little door commonly where great gates are Wickâ—viâ—s or Wickâ—vâ—tes the followers of VVicklif who was Curate of Lutterworth in Leicestershire about the year 1380 See his opinions in Mr. Fullers hist lib. 1. p. 131. Wildfire what it is is well enough known was invented by the Grecians about the year of our Lord 717. when Caliph Zulciman besieged Constantinople and therefore the Latines call it Graecus ignis Will of the Wisp See Ignis fatuus Willâ—am Tent. for sweeter sound drawn from Wiâ—helm which is interpreted by Luther much defence to many as Wilwald Ruling many Wildred much reverend fear or awful Wilfred much peace Wiâ—bert much increase Cam. Wimple Belg Wimpel a Streamer or Flag but it is most commonly taken for the linnen plaited cloth which Nuns and Religious women wear about their necks Winefred if Saxon signifies win or get peace but some conceive it to be a Brittish word corrupted from Gwen fremi Frewi was the Saints name at first but had the addition Gwen which signifies white in the Feminine Gender from the white circle that remained in her neck after she was revived by Benno the Priest and Pastor of the Church as the story goes by joyning her cut off head to her dead body For it is a Tradition among the Britans that in the very place where her head was cut off by wicked Cradacus there sprung the Well that has to this day continued under the name of St Winefreds Well in Flintshire esteemed to be the most plentiful and miraculous Spring in the world â—frid i. An Obtainer of Concord or a win peace for so it signifies in the old Saxon. An Englishman of that name was by means of Charls the Great made Arch-Bishop of Magunce by Pope Gregory the Second and was afterwards called Boniface he is accounted an Apostle of Germany for his preaching and converting much people to the Christian Faith in Saxony and thereabouts At Doccum in Freezland hath been reserved unto our time a Book of the four Gospels all written with his own hand
a thing in controversie from the possession of both those that contend for it And this is double Voluntary sequestration or Judiciary Voluntary is that which is used by the consent of both parties Judiciary is that which the Judge of his Authority doth whether the parties will or not Cow In what sence it hath been of late years used very many know by sad experience Sequestrator Lat is he that puts a thing in controversie into another man hand or rather the third person who takes a thing in controversie between two But it is now usually taken for an Officer that receives the Rents of Recusants or Delinquents Estates for the use of the Commonwealth Seraglio the Turkish word is Serai borrowed from the Persian Seraw which signifies a house is that place in Constantinople where the Grand Signor resides with his Court the description whereof you may see at large in Mr. Rob. Withers Book published by Mr. Greaves 1650. Serain Fr. a foggy mist or dampish vapor falling in Italy about Sun-set at which time it is unwholsom to be abroad there especially bare-headed mildew also the fresh and cool air of the evening Seraph a Turkish coyn of fine gold worth about a French crown Seraphim Heb i. fulgentes aut comburentes so called for their burning with divine love and charity the highest order of the celestial Hierarchy of Angels See Hierarchy Seraphical from Seraphin celestial inflamed with divine love like a Seraphim also fiery or burning Seraphis a Serpent worshipped by the Egyptians as a God Serenade Fr. evening musick at the door or under the window of a lovely or beloved creature Serenity serenitas fair and clear weather quietness calmness Sergeant at Law or of the Coyf is the highest degree taken in that profession as a Doctor of the Civil Law c. with what solemnity these Sergeants are created read Fortescu c. 50. Coks Reports Sergeanty from the Fr. Sergeant or Sergent i. one retained to guard ones person signifies in our Common Law a service due to the King from his Tenant holding by such service For this service cannot be due to any Lord from his Tenant but to the King onely And this is either grand or petit as you shall find in Littletons Tenures and Br. l. 2. c. 26. Sergreant a tearm in Heraldry applyed onely to the Griffin so called Sericated sericatus clothed with or attired in silk Series Lat. an order succession or process in any matter hanging wel together a row an issue or descent of kindred a race or course Sermocinate sermocinor to talk or commune with Serosity serositas the waterishness or thinner parts of the mass of blood answering to whay in milk which floats upon it after it has been let out of a vein also the whayish or waterish moisture drawn by the Kidney from all parts of the body and after some concoction termed urine Serous pertaining to such waterishness or moisture c. Serotine Serotinous serotinus that is in the evening late lateward Serpentine serpentinus of or belonging to Serpents under which general name all vermine that creep on the belly as Snakes Adders c. are contained Also winding wrigling or crooking Serpentine verses are those which do as it were run into themselves as we see Serpents pictured with tail in mouth So these verses begin and end with the same word As that of Juvenal Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crescit Also a kind of warlike Engine called a Serpentine or Basilisco Serpet a kind of Basket Serred Fr. serré compact contracted bound fast Bac. Servable servabilis that may be kept or preserved Servet see Sherbet Servile servilis pertaining to a servant or bondage slavish Servitude servitudo bondage slavery thraldom servility Serviteur Fr. a servitor servant Serving-man Attendant or Waiter We use the word Servitor in our Universities where the poor or meaner sort of Schollars that have not wherwith sufficiently to maintain themselves execute the Office of a Servitor or Attendant to those of greater wealth and quality Sesquialteral sesquialter that which contains one and an half or the whole and half again as six to four Sesquipedal sesquipedalis of a foot and half in measure Sesquipedalian one that is a foot and a half high Sesquipedalian words verba sesquipedalia used by Horace for great stout and lofty words words that are very long consisting of many syllables Sesquitertian sesquitertius which contains as much as another and a third part more as twelve to nine Session sessio à sedeo a sitting Sessions are usually taken for the quarterly sitting of Justices in Court otherwise called General Sessions An. 5. Eliz. ca. 4. or Open Sessions ibid. There are also other kinds of Sessions of which see Cromp. J. of P. fol. 109 110. Sesterce Sestercâ—e sestertius a coyn among the Romans whereof Denarius contained four and is so called quasi Semitertius for it contained two and a half of the brazen coin called As and it is marked with this figure H S. which signifies two pound and a half Of our money it valued about three half pence farthing Or as the Translator of â— Tacitus computes it three half pence farthing and half farthing This Character H-S two capital II. and the letter S thus coupled together stood for Sestertius others say the true character was L L.S. Sestine Fr. a Stanza of six verses Sethim or Setim a tree like a white Thorn the timber whereof never rots Of this tree was made the holy Ark of the Old Testament see Ark. Setigerous setiger that bears or hath bristles on his back Severians so called from Severus their first founder a sort of Hereticks that condemned marriage abstained from eating flesh and drinking wine c. Sevidical saevidicus that speaks cruel and rigorous words that threateneth Sevil see Sivil Sevocation sevocatio a calling a part or aside a withdrawing from Sewel a paper clout or any thing hanged up to keep a Deer from entring into a place A term of Hunting Sewer or Sewar has two significations one applied to him that ushers or comes in before the meat of the King or other great Personage and placeth it on the Table c. The other to such passages or gutters as carry water into the Sea or River in Lawyers Latin called Sewera A. 6. H. 6. c. 5. And there are Commissions of Sewers usually granted under the Great Seal authorising certain persons to see Dreins and Ditches well kept and maintained in the Marish and Fen Countries for better conveyance of the water into the Sea and preserving the grass for food of Cattle This word is probably derived from the Fr. issue an issue or going forth as if we should call them Issuers because they give issue or passage to the water c. And the Latin word suera sometimes used in these Commissions is a competent reason for this conjecture See Fitz. nat br in Oyer and Terminer I have heard of an old French
book containing the Officers of the King of Englands Court as it was antiently governed wherein he whom we now call Sewer was called Asseour which comes from the Fr. Asseoir to settle or place wherein his Office in setting down the meat is well expressed And Sewer as it signifies such an Officer is by Fleta Latined Assessor a setter down lib. 2. ca. 15. Sexagesima Sunday is always the Sunday next before Shrove Sunday and is so called either for being the sixth before Passion Sunday or the second before Quadragesima Sunday reckoning backward from Quadragesima to Quinquagesima and thence to Sexagesima and so to Septuagesima Sexennial sexennis that is six years old or of six years standing Sextant sextans a coin less then that called Quadrant by the third part a certain weight being two ounces by some called Obolus by others the sixth part of any measure sum or quantity that is divided into twelve parts also two inches The sixth part of Jugerum Varro Sextantary sextantarius belonging to that measure or weight Sextary sextarius a measure or weight the Roman Sextary contains of Wine or wheat two pound Roman that is 24 ounces a pound and an half averdupois weight less then the Paris pint by eight ounces You may try it following Glareans rule by making a measure four inches long by square three inches deep and as many broad which is the true Sextary according to this account it is just our pint and a half for in our Wine pint are but sixteen ounces Physicians assign but eighteen ounces or at the most twenty to Sextarius and then it is but two or four ounces more then our pint Sextarius after Geo. Agricola contains two Heminae one pound measure and eight ounces that is twenty ounces or inch measures Sextarius of Oyl is sixteen ounces five drams one scruple of wine 18 ounces and an half two Siliquies two grains and two third parts of a grain Tho. Sexte a part of the Canon Law added to the decretals Sexten seems to be corrupt from sacristan which see Sextery see Sacristy Sextile or Sextilian moneth Sextilis the moneth of August so called because it is the sixth from March which was the first moneth of the year with the Romans Shackbolt or Shackle a prisoners Bolt a Fetter or Give Sextule sextula the sixth part of an ounce that is a dram and a scruple also a measure of Land Sextuple sextuplus six-fold or that contains or is made of the number six A time in Musick containing six Crotchets to a Bar appropriated chiefly to Sarabands Shallop from the Fr. Schalupe or Lat. Scapha a Boat or perhaps from shallow-up because being a small Vessel it goes up into shallow places a small Boat so called Also a kind of Shel-fish Shamots or Chamois a kinde of wilde Goat whose skin being rightly dressed makes our true Shamois Leather Shafment is a kinde of measure used in some parts of England and is the breadth of a mans hand and the length of the thumb Shamsheer the usual Sword among the Persians not unlike the Turkish Scymitar for Mr. Herb. saith it is crooked like a Crescent and sharp as a Razor Fol. 147. Shash is the whole piece be it long or short of fine linnen of which the Turbant is made but the name of the Linnen is Telbent whence we falsly call that which a Turk wears about his head a Turbant whereas the true name is Saruck and the Turks themselves so call it it comes from Sarnack which signifies to joyn about or to swathe Shaw in the Persian Tongue is a King and Potshaw an Emperor Herb. Tr. Shekel see Sicle Sherbet or Serbet in the Persian Tongue it signifies pleasant liquor is a kinde of drink in great request both in Turkie and Persia and is compounded of juyce of Lemons Sugar Amber and other ingredients another sort of it is made of Violets Honey juyce of Raisons and the like Others say Sherbet is an Arabic word and signifies drink in general Sherry Sack so called from Zeres a Sea Town of Corduba in Spain where that kind of Sack is made Scewage see Scavage Skeyn a kinde of long knife or short sword antiently and still used by the Irish Kernes Antiq. Hiber p. 57. Shibboleth or Schibboleth Hebr. i. spica by the pronounciation of this word the Galaadites who fought for and under Jepthe the Judge of Israel discovered the Ephramites to be their enemies and not Galaadites as they pretended to be for their safety for when they were taken by the true Galaadites at the passages over Jordan through which they endeavored to escape they ceuld not pronounce Shibboleth or Schibboleth but Sibboleth which cost two and forty thousand of them their lives at that time Judges cap. 12. Hence the word is usually taken for a word of trial to discern Citizens from Aliens Friends from Foes See Pichigni Shilo or Shiloh Hebr i. missus is mentioned in the Prophecy of Jacob where it is said The Scepter shall not depart from Judah till Shiloh come that is till our Saviour come Gen. 49.10 The word signifies a Prosperer or Safe-maker Waters of Shiloah see in Waters Shingle from the Teut. Schindel that from Scindo a Slate or Lath of wood to cover houses Shingles à cingendo a disease about the Brest Belly or Back the place affected looking red and increasing circle-wise more more it is chiefly cured with Cats blood if it go round the body it kils Shoud a Justice of Peace among the Turks Shrew a kind of Field-Mouse which if he go over a beasts back will make him lame in the Chine and if he bite the beast swels to the heart and dies Gesn From hence came our English phrase I beshrew thee when we wish ill and we call a curst woman a Shrew Shrift or Shriving Sax. perhaps from Scrinium quasi revelare peccata ab intimo scrinio was antiently taken for auricular Confession Shrove-tide from the Sax. Shrive or Shrift and the Belg. Tyde i. tempus a time of shriving or confessing sins for about that time the Roman Catholicks use to confess their sins and receive the Blessed Sacrament to the end they may the more religiously observe the holy time of Lent then immediately ensuing Shrine scrinium that which contained the body of a Saint or the place where such a body was buried or intombed Sialoquent sialoquus that spits much in his speech Sibilate sibilo to whistle or hiss Bac. Sibils see Sybils Siccaneous siccaneus dry of nature that hath no Rivers or Springs to water it Siccifical siccificus that has power to make dry Siccity siccitas driness drouth lack of sap or moisture barrenness Sicilian Vesperas see Vesperas Sicle or Shekel siclus from the Hebrew shakel i. librare as well a kind of coyn both of Silver and Gold as a weight among the Jews on one side of the silver Shekel was carved a pot with Manna and this Inscription in Hebrew